Henry Colman
{{short description|American producer and screenwriter}}
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|name = Henry Colman
|birth_name = Henry Cohen
|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|09|15}}
|birth_place = Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|7|1923|09|15}}
|death_place = Los Angeles, California
|education = Altoona High School
|years_active = 1949–1993
|alma mater = University of Michigan
|occupation = Producer, screenwriter
|spouse = Donna Brainard{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/scene/news/tv-producer-henry-colman-dies-1118062049/|title=TV producer Henry Colman dies|date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}}
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Henry Colman (September 9, 1923 – November 7, 2012) was an American producer and screenwriter.
Early life
Colman was born Henry Cohen in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Canadian-Russian parents Abe, a businessman, and Jenny, a homemaker. He had an older brother and sister. Colman attended and graduated from Altoona Area High School. He then spent two years at the University of Michigan{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/henry-colman-love-boat-writer-388418|title=Henry Colman, 'Love Boat' Writer-Producer and TV Executive, Dies at 89|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}} before in 1943 being drafted into the Army Air Force, where he served for two years as a navigator on B-29 bombers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44766419/obituary-for-henry-colman/|title=Obituary for Henry COLMAN|work=Los Angeles Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 11, 2012|access-date=June 4, 2021}} Colman then attended Columbia University, where he received a bachelor's degree in theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/henry-colman-love-boat-writer-388418|title=Henry Colman, 'Love Boat' Writer-Producer and TV Executive, Dies at 89|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}}
Career
After graduating from Columbia Colman worked as a lighting assistant in various colleges, becoming lighting director and also doing some acting. In 1949, Colman auditioned at a Los Angeles theatre, but got a job as stage manager working on three plays.{{Cite web|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/henry-colman|title=Henry Colman|date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2021}}
Colman then worked as a reporter for a Weekly Trade Paper.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
In 1950s–1970s, Colman worked on the NBC show Kraft Television Theatre as a production coordinator,{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/11/12/love-boat-henry-colman-died/|title='Hawaii Five-0' producer Henry Colman dies|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 4, 2021}} and on Dr. Kildare as an associate producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/henry-colman-love-boat-writer-388418|title=Henry Colman, 'Love Boat' Writer-Producer and TV Executive, Dies at 89|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}} He also worked on the American prime-time soap opera Peyton Place from 1965.
In 1970s–1980s, Colman worked on television films, including the two Love Boat television films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/henry-colman-love-boat-writer-388418|title=Henry Colman, 'Love Boat' Writer-Producer and TV Executive, Dies at 89|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}} In 1977, he worked as a producer on The Love Boat for the first seven seasons.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39c4AAAAIAAJ|title=TV Guide (1983)|page=6|date=1983|publisher=Triangle Publications}} He left to produce the television series Hotel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-20295176|title=Henry Colman, Love Boat producer, dies aged 89|work=BBC News |date=November 12, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2021}}
Colman continued to work on television films including The Rape of Dr. Willis,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/henry-colman-tv-producer-64541/|title='Love Boat' Producer, Archivist Henry Colman Dies at 89|date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}} In the Shadows, Someone's Watching and Nightmare in the Daylight. He retired in 1993.
Death
Colman died in November 2012 at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 89.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/11/r-i-p-henry-colman-371843/|title=R.I.P. Henry Colman|date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/henry-colman-love-boat-writer-388418|title=Henry Colman, 'Love Boat' Writer-Producer and TV Executive, Dies at 89|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/11/11/love-boat-producer-henry-colman-dies-at-89/|title='Love Boat' Producer Henry Colman Dies At 89|access-date=May 4, 2021}}
References
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External links
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Category:Film producers from Pennsylvania
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American male television writers